Yuri Luzhkov, who was officially inaugurated as Moscow mayor, announced about the dismissal of the Moscow government on Friday

Yuri Luzhkov, who was officially inaugurated as Moscow mayor, announced about the dismissal of the Moscow government on Friday.
“I announce about the dismissal of the government and ask all members of the government to continue performing their duties until a new cabinet is formed,” Luzhkov said during the inauguration ceremony.
Under the law the current cabinet of ministers of the Moscow government should resign after the mayor has assumed his office. Members of the dismissed cabinet will be acting officials for a while, until the mayor forms a new government.
The Moscow cabinet of ministers consists of 26 people, five of them are first deputies of the mayor in the Moscow government.